In this section, we bring together explorers, politicians, engineers, scientists, philanthropists and other individuals who have contributed to our collective sense of our country’s space, both within its own borders and its place within the larger world.

	Jacques Cartier, ca. 1844
	Joseph F. W. Desbarres, ca. 1785
	John A. Macdonald, ca. 1842-1843
	Sir William Van Horne, ca. 1900-1910
	Helen Sawyer Hogg, 1992
	Thomas D'Arcy McGee, 1868
	Sir Sandford Fleming, ca. 1894
	Mr. Takayesu and Mr. Kohashigawa, 1910
	Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, ca. 1971-1975
	Lester B. Pearson, Paul Martin and Louis St. Laurent, 1957
	Lotta Hitschmanova, 1966
	Claudia Kerckhoff-Van Wijk, 1989
	Julie Payette, 1999